Category Archives: Sports

TORONTO - Team Canada nearly stumbled its way into the world junior hockey championship. The Canadians saw a 3-0 first-period lead melt away against Switzerland on Friday night, Nicolas Roy staving of...

Former NHLer Steve Downie went on a lengthy Twitter rant on Friday night, taking aim at hockey commentator Don Cherry and the Arizona Coyotes organization. Downie, who played parts of eight seasons wi...

The joy of winning gold for Canada at the 1994 world hockey championship remains fresh in Luke Richardson’s mind. A veteran of more than 1,400 NHL games over 21 seasons, the victory that ended t...

TORONTO - Edwin Encarnacion’s strong run with the Toronto Blue Jays ended this week when the veteran slugger agreed to terms on a three-year deal with the Cleveland Indians. Here’s a look ...

Ottawa Redblacks head coach Rick Campbell and his entire coaching staff will return next season after guiding the CFL club to victory in the 2016 Grey Cup in Toronto. Campbell will return for a fourth...

OTTAWA - Ernie Whitt will return to his familiar role as manager of the Canadian team at the World Baseball Classic in March. He served as skipper at the inaugural WBC in 2006 and returned for the 200...

KENILWORTH, N.J. - A girl who wants to play for her school’s boys’ basketball team has sued the Archdiocese of Newark. Sydney Phillips’ father, Scott, told NJ.com (http://bit.ly/2i9q...

TORONTO - No surprise, Canada is in favour of an expanded World Cup. But Canadian soccer boss Victor Montagliani says it has to be done right. The world governing body of soccer will reportedly review...

TORONTO - Canada will finish the year unchanged at No. 4 in the FIFA world women’s soccer rankings. But coach John Herdman can look forward to 2017, knowing that his team has wins over second-ra...

GENEVA - The best and most profitable way to expand the World Cup is a 48-team tournament of 16 three-team groups, according to FIFA’s in-house research which accepts the current 32-nation forma...